Colton Parayko

Colton Parayko
Parayko with the St. Louis Blues in 2015
Born	(1993-05-12) May 12, 1993 (age 31) St. Albert, Alberta, Canada.
Height	6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Weight	230 lb (104 kg; 16 st 6 lb)
Position	Defence
Shoots	Right
NHL team	St. Louis Blues
National team	Canada
NHL draft	86th overall, 2012 St. Louis Blues
Playing career	2015–present

Colton Parayko (born May 12, 1993) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and alternate captain for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). Growing up in St. Albert, Alberta, Parayko played minor ice hockey with the St. Albert Flyers and Fort McMurray Oil Barons before earning a scholarship to the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He went overlooked and undrafted in his first year of NHL eligibility before being selected 86th overall as a 19-year-old in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft by the St. Louis Blues. Following the draft, Parayko played three seasons with the Alaska Nanooks, earning All-Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) First Team and West Second-Team All-American honors. He concluded his collegiate career in 2015 to begin his professional career within the Blues organization.

Parayko was immediately reassigned to the Blues' American Hockey League affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, to play out the remainder of the 2014–15 season before finally making his NHL debut the following season. Parayko won the Stanley Cup with the Blues in 2019. Parayko competed for Team North America at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey and Team Canada at the 2017 IIHF World Championship.